This page is part of the Bidirectional Services eReferrals (BSeR) (v0.1.0: STU 1 on FHIR STU3 Ballot 1) based on FHIR R3. The current version which supercedes this version is 1.0.0. For a full list of available versions, see the Directory of published versions

Background and Scope

​This section includes a Notice to Ballot Commenters and provides the Background and Scope for the Bidirectional Services eReferral (BSeR) project and this BSeR FHIR Implementation Guide (IG). The Information Exchange Transactions are illustrated using UML activity and sequence diagrams providing context for the two transactions suppported by this implementation guide: BSeR Referral Request and BSeR Referral Feedback.

BSeR Project Team

Project Facilitator: John W. Loonsk MD, CGI Federal and Consultant to CDC

Modeling facilitator: AbdulMalik Shakir, President and Chief Informatic Scientist, Hi3 Solutions

Domain Expert Representatives:

  • Jason Bonander, CDC Executive Sponsor
  • Arthur Davidson, Denver Health
  • Heather Hodge, Y-USA
  • Krista Proia, CDC Diabetes Prevention Program
  • Brenna VanFrank, CDC Smoking and Health

Business Requirements Analysts:

  • Becki Knoll, CGI Federal
  • Salimah Shakir, Hi3 Solutions

BSeR Project Realm

This is a U.S. Realm Specification. This guide and related materials are based on reporting specifications in U.S. jurisdictions.

Acknowledgements

This guide was developed using tooling and professional guidance provided by Fire.ly, the makers of Simplifier.net

The BSeR FHIR IG is a work product of the HL7 Public Health Workgroup. The BSeR project is co-sponsored by the Patient Care and the Clinical Quality Information workgroups. The HL7 Project Insight reference number for this project is 1423.